He Chao, male, is a Distinguished Research Fellow and doctoral supervisor at Tongji University. His research focuses on rail-transit engineering system dynamics, vibration and noise control, and intelligent operation and maintenance. He was selected for the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program and the Shanghai Leading Talents (Overseas) Young Program. He has led projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program and Young Scientists Fund), as well as key projects of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Commission and the Shanghai “Sailing Program.” He has published over 70 SCI/EI-indexed papers and holds more than 10 granted invention patents. His honors include the Locomotive Medal of the All-China Railway Workers’ Union, the Zhan Tianyou Railway Science and Technology Youth Award, the Special Prize and First Prize of the China Railway Society Science and Technology Award, the First and Second Prizes of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the China Association of Urban Rail Transit, and the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Rail Transportation (ICRT) 2021.
Educational background
2013.09-2016.12 Tongji University, Communication and Transportation Engineering Ph.D.
2009.09-2013.07 Tongji University, Transportation Engineering B.E
Work experience
2020.10-present School of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University Researcher
2020.05-2020.09 Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University Research Associate
2017.06-2020.04 Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University Post-doctoral Fellow
Research interests
Dynamics of Rail Transit system; Modelling of the dynamic interaction between soil and structure
Publications
[1]Chao He, Yuanping Jia*, Shunhua Zhou , Xingwei Chen , An efficient semi-analytical method for dynamic responses of a tunnel in stratified soils with irregular interfaces, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2025, 614: 119191
[2]He Chao, Li Xiaoxin*, Zhou Shunhua, Li Hui, Dong Xiaoqing. Three-dimensional dynamic responses of a layered transversely isotropic half-space with irregular interfaces using the thin layer method. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024, 177: 106851.
[3]He Chao, Liu Yanrui, Zhou Shunhua*, Jia Yuanping, Zhang Xiaohui. Analytical solution for calculating three-dimensional responses due to dynamic loads acting on an underwater tunnel in stratified soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 2025, 178: 106924
[4]Li Xiaoxin,He Chao*, Zhou Shunhua, et al.Predicting ground vibrations induced by high-speed trains on the inhomogeneous soil. Transportation Geotechnics, 2025, 50: 101461
[5]Chao He, Zeyu Zhang*, Yuhao Peng, Shunhua Zhou, A refined fictitious-pile-method to evaluate the vibration mitigation effect of pile arrays in a layered half-space. Computers and Geotechnics, 2025,188: 107578
[6]He Chao, Yuanping Jia, Shunhua Zhou*. Semi-analytical method for calculating ground vibrations from a tunnel in a homogeneous half-space with an irregular surface . Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2024; 591: 118615.
[7]Zou Chao, Li Xuming,He Chao*, Zhou Shunhua. An efficient method for estimating building dynamic response due to train operations in tunnel considering transmission path from source to receiver. Computers and Structures, 2024, 305, 107555.
[8]Li Hui,He Chao*, Gong Quanmei, et al.TLMCFSPML for 3D dynamic responses of a layered transversely isotropic half-space. Computers and Geotechnics, 2024; 168: 106131.
[9]Li Hui,He Chao*, Gong Quanmei, et al.Three-dimensional fundamental solution for dynamic responses of a layered transversely isotropic saturated half-space using coupled thin-layer and complex frequency shifted perfectly matched layer method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2024, 166: 105856.
[10]He Chao, Yinghao Cai, Chenqiang Pu, Shunhua Zhou*, Honggui Di, Xiaohui Zhang, Deformation analysis and protection measures of existing metro tunnels effected by river channel excavation in soft soils. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 2024, 144: 105504
[11]He Chao, Li Hui*, Gong Quanmei, Zhou Shunhua, Ren Juanjuan. Modelling of critical speed of railway tracks on a multi-layered transversely isotropic saturated ground. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023, 121, 75-95.
[12]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Ground vibrations induced by the passage of double-line trains in underground tunnels. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023, 165: 107719.
[13]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Li Xiaoxin, Di Honggui Di, Zhang Xiaohui. Forest trees as a natural metamaterial for surface wave attenuation in stratified soils[J]. Construction and Building Materials, 2023, 363: 129769.
[14]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun. Mitigation of railway-induced vibrations by using periodic wave impeding barriers. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2022, 105: 496–514.
[15]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Di Honggui Di, Zhang Xiaohui. Effect of longitudinal joint on train-induced vibrations from subway shield-driven tunnels in a homogeneous half-space. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2022, 11(2): 381-391.
[16]He Chao,Zhou Shunhua*, Di Honggui Di, Zhang Xiaohui. An efficient prediction model for vibrations induced by underground railway traffic and experimental validation. Transportation Geotechnics, 2021, 31: 100646.[17]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun. An efficient three-dimensional method for the prediction of building vibrations from underground railway networks . Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2020, 139: 106269.
[18]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun. Train-induced vibrations from a tunnel in a layered half-space with varied groundwater table. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE, 2020, 20(10): 04020174.
[19]Zhou Shunhua,He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. Modelling of vehicle-track-tunnel-soil system considering the dynamic interaction between twin tunnels in a poroelastic half-space. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE, 2020; 20(1): 04019144.
[20]Zhou Shunhua,He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xiao Junhua. Three-dimensional analytical model for the coupled track-tunnel-soil system in a multi-layered half-space . Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, 2020; 146(2): 04019121.
[21]He Chao,Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui, Yu Fan. Theoretical modelling of the dynamic interaction of twin tunnels in a multi-layered half-space. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019; 456: 65-85.
[22]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Zhang Xiaohui. A theoretical model on the influence of ring joint stiffness on dynamic responses from underground tunnels . Construction and Building Materials, 2019; 223: 69-80.
[23]He Chao, Zhou Shunhua*, Guo Peijun, Di Honggui, Xinwen Yang. A three-dimensional semi-analytical method for calculating vibrations from a moving load on a periodic jointed tunnel. Computers and Geotechnics. 2019; 114: 103150.
[24]Zhou Shunhua,He Chao*, Guo Peijun, Yu Fan. Dynamic response of a segmented tunnel in saturated soil using a 2.5-D FE-BE methodology.Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2019, 120: 386-397.